Speaking of Mitt Romney, I just heard that his former hang-out, Bain Capital in Boston, is buying the Guitar Center chain of music gear stores for almost $2 billion. About 20 years ago I had a job opportunity at Bain, doing computer work, when Romney was the top man there.
I was called out of the blue with a big sales pitch and an offer that was pretty much a “name your price” deal. This was during the days of the so-called Massachusetts Miracle, and the $$$ amount that was quoted as being “no problem” was twice my base pay at the time. The guy who called from Bain identified himself, gave me his title and phone number, etc., but he wouldn’t tell me how he’d heard about me until I was on board. I don’t like playing games, not when it comes to a job, so I declined.
Just days before that call, I’d fixed a networking problem that had stumped everybody else at a Boston hospital. My guess is that word got around. But I stayed put working where I was, which is where I still am, and it was the right decision.
A couple of months ago, Stephen Colbert featured a video clip where presidential candidate Mitt Romney professed to have enjoyed the book “Battlefield Earth,” by the late L. Ron Hubbard, science fiction writer and founder of the Church of Scientology. I’ve never seen the movie, starring Scientologist John Travolta, because it’s supposed to be a real clunker, but I read the book, in its first hardcover printing no less, and I agree with Romney. It’s a lot of fun! Click the thumbnail of the original dust jacket to enlarge.
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